A Very Kessa Story

Once upon a time, there were some squirrels. There was a baby squirrel and a mama squirrel, and a squirrel. And they did all the squirrel fings in the world. And then a dinosaur came, and the squirrels said "no! no! don't eat me!" and then the dinosaur went away because the dinosaur can't live in the place where the squirrels live. In the jungle. And the squirrels lived ever after. The end.

Girly war

While I was sick this weekend, we rented A Bug's Life. This morning Elly and Kes were marching all over the house and I overheard Elly say: "We have to kill the grasshoppers! I have to put my fighting necklace on."

Vegetarians can't be cannibals

Me: "I'm gonna eat you!"
Elly: "NO!"
Me: "Oh. I thought you were yummy. You're not yummy?"
Elly: "No, Mommy, you won't like me because I will be meat."



While I was typing this, Kes just ran into the room, buck naked, and said, "Bye Mommy, we're going to the park!"

Growing up

Kes is growing up. Today, she said, "Mommy, I need a drink." Like, with a D. Not a G. I said, "OK, and do you want to get dressed?" She said, "No I don't want to get dressed." With a D.

Waaaaaaah! Her CH's are getting better too.

Oh well, at least she still lisps.

Well, I'll bean...

Elly, stomping away from the kitchen table after giving up on finishing her very messy burrito: "I don't like these beans. They're not ORGANIC."

Kes

The other night, over for dinner at Mason's house, she told me, "Liesl and I love all the kids that we work with. But Kes is Liesl's favorite."

Kes is a LOT of people's favorite kid ever. Sometimes that even includes their own.

And what I don't understand is what I did that was so good that I get to be her mother. I'm so very lucky to have this amazing human being as my child.

How to make spice

"Put sugar and some broccoli and powder, then mix it all up, then add milk, then mix it all up again." - Elly

Daddy's birthday

I wrote "Happy Birthday to my Daddy" on a card for Kes to decorate.

Me: "Elly, do you want me to write anything on your card or do you want to do it yourself?"
Elly: "All myself." (takes paper) "Happy Birthday. Ha - H, A. Happy, hap - P. Happy. Mommy, does happy have one E or 2 E's?"
Me: "What letter is a borrower that sometimes borrows from E?"
Elly: "A? No. Y? Yeah, Y. Happy, Y. Birthday. B. Bir - R. Bir, f. No, th. T, H, right Mommy?"
Me: "Right."
Elly: "T. H. No that's not an H. I'll make that into a square for the H. H." (writes H inside square) "Day. D. A. Mommy what's next?"
Me: "How do you spell Day?"
Elly: "D-A-Y. Y."

So Daddy has a beautiful card with HAPY BRTHDAY on it, except it says more like
HAP
THDA
BRYY
because she doesn't totally get the whole L-R in a line thing.

puzzle

Kes: "Eliana, we are doing a very great time!"
Elly: "Grandma, I don't want to keep this puzzle. It doesn't cooperate!"

Big brothers and little brothers

Yesterday morning as I buckled Elly into her carseat, I told her we'd be having pictures taken of the baby in my belly while she was at school.

Elly: "And it's going to be a girl."
Me: "You think it's a girl?"
Elly: "Yeah, cuz I'm afraid of big brothers."
Me: "Well, even if it's a boy it will never be the big brother, it will only be your little brother, because you're bigger. And besides, brothers aren't so bad. Your Uncle Brian is my big brother."
Elly: "Yeah, I know."

So we went to the ultrasound, and yes, it's a boy!

Picking up from school:
Me: "Eliana, the baby in my belly is a boy. You're going to have a baby brother!"
Elly: "Awww, a baby boy!" Hugs my belly. Pats my belly. "Hi baby brother."